Have you ever wanted to or needed to view the actual contents of the GAC? Not just what is in the GAC, but actually grab the assemblies that are there? I know I have. You may be asking WHY did you want to grab an assembly that is in the GAC. 2 reasons: I wanted to move a copy of the assmebly from one...

In order to add a new web part to Sharepoint 2007 (MOSS) you need to add the assembly information to the <SafeControl> list inside the sites Web.Config file. When doing so make sure to type carefully. If you make a mistake when editing the config file, the page will not render correctly. If the...

One common tasks that I have needed to do while working with SharePoint 2007 (MOSS) is to retrieve information in regards lists or libraries. You need this information when you want to perform add, update, or delete functions when working with data from a document library. In today's post I will...

In WSS 3.0, the creation of web parts is easier than ever. Since WSS 3.0 is fully based on and built around ASP.Net 2.0 you can leverage the .net framework to do your heavy lifting. Today I thought I would create a simple post on how to create your very first web part. If you want a more in-depth how...

Today I ran into a pesky little issue when trying to query documents from sharepoint. In a previous example I talked about how to query documents from sharepoint, but what I did not know at the time is that if you have a field name that has a whitespace, you have to do some extra work. If you have a...